china blue

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noun

a bright greenish blue.

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Origin of china blue

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby china blue

chin, china, China aster, china bark, chinaberry, china blue, china, China, china clay, china closet, Chinagraph, China grass cloth

How to use china blue in a sentence

I remembered the big chap with the China-blue eyes and the great mop of tangled fair hair.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
Mrs. Home turned her pretty, china-blue eyes on to him, with a sort of diminutive air of dignity.
The Angel of Pain|E. F. Benson
She was attired in a China-blue linen frock with a scarlet sash knotted in front quite daringly, for Phillida.
The Thing from the Lake|Eleanor M. Ingram
His small china-blue eyes had begun to glint; otherwise he maintained an air of stolidity as if immune to the outcome.
Desert Dust|Edwin L. Sabin

His heavy face, with those thick pursed lips and small china blue eyes, changed not a jot.
Desert Dust|Edwin L. Sabin